BLB(i)
1 In the first account I composed, O Theophilus, concerning all the things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
2 until the day He was taken up, having given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen,
3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering with many proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God.
4 And being assembled together, He instructed them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father: “That which you heard of Me;
5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days after these.”
6 So indeed those having come together were asking Him, saying, “Lord, at this time are you restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
7 And He said to them, “It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father put in place by His own authority.
8 But you will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and you will be witnesses for Me, both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.”
9 And having said these things, they beholding, He was lifted up, and a cloud hid Him from their eyes.